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Hey all , not sure if this is the right forum for this question! My wife has announced she would like a “nature cam” for our garden specifically to see what goes on at night , I know nothing about these so I was looking for recommendations or personal experiences good or bad !
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Not deeply experienced - had a few over the last couple of years from cheap glue'n'go Chinese ones to Browning HP5 Elites - the Chinese ones (GardePro A5 often on Amazon at hefty discount - down to around £60) work ok but the Browning (£180) offers better video & crucially faster triggering...

My 2c - I stick the GardePro out first to see if there is anything worth seeing. Then for "real" I put the Browning out.

Batteries are easily the biggest expense - on a study of n=2, rechargeable lithium AAs (£40 for 8) work well in the Browning. They all eat batteries though.
 
Agree about Browning trail cameras.

They are not the cheapest but, in my limited experience, are good.

We have had two for a few years which have had a fox 'hoover' one, a pine marten climb on one, had a badger walk through and collapse one and they have resisted some very rough weather in NW Scotland.

Most come with a strap to tie the camera to a post/tree. That is fine if the tree/post is in the right place but we have found putting the camera on a small(cheap) tripod works better.

It is great fun to see what is around and about in the garden at night.

Dave
 
I've tried loads but eventually settle on the one I've linked. It has a 4g connection that costs me £12 to use, but any Simm card will work so you could pay less. I have foxes that I occasionally feed and love to record them. Having 4g allows me to check any time without taking the card out of the camera. It also has solar charging so never have to recharge batteries.
At the moment it's on offer so well worth it.

 
I can't remember which ones I have but there are two down the bottom of my garden. We are in the countryside mind you, near a village but surrounded by fields, In the last couple of months since I set them up here after moving, we've seen a Pine Marten, local cats, and a couple of weeks ago a deer that obviously came for the apples (there's a deer farm about half a mile away). Daytime we have rabbits and recently three time a fox has transited. So it's definitely interesting. I bought rechargeable batteries for them but tbh I've not had to recharge them at all yet!
 
lindsay said:
I can't remember which ones I have but there are two down the bottom of my garden. We are in the countryside mind you, near a village but surrounded by fields, In the last couple of months since I set them up here after moving, we've seen a Pine Marten, local cats, and a couple of weeks ago a deer that obviously came for the apples (there's a deer farm about half a mile away). Daytime we have rabbits and recently three time a fox has transited. So it's definitely interesting. I bought rechargeable batteries for them but tbh I've not had to recharge them at all yet!
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A Pine Marten is a very interesting recording where you are Lindsay. I'm sure a local wildlife group would be interested in seeing it.

Dave
 
@Tringa They are aware, our gardener said we might see one as his wife is something in Ulster Wildlife, and he passed on the info. He's a mine of local info about flora and fauna, that's partly why I keep him on rather than do more myself.
 
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